Paul-Aimé Sauriol (3 September 1931 – September 22, 2010) was a Canadian engineer and business executive.

Life and career

Sauriol was born in Laval,

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, Canada, the son of a farmer. He graduated with a degree in civil engineering from the

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in 1955. Two years later, he founded the engineering firm Desjardins + Sauriol, which is now known as

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, alongside business partner Jean-Claude Desjardins. Today, what once began as a two-man engineering consultancy employs 4,800 people and is one of the largest engineering-construction companies in

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. Sauriol was the recipient of several notable awards, including the 1997 Josef-Hode-Keyser Award for his contributions to

's transportation sector, and the 1998 Dunamis Award for his contributions to the City of Laval's economic development.
/ref> In 2004, Sauriol received the Jean-Jacques Archambault Award, the most prestigious award in Quebec's electrical industry. Following a long battle with

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, he died in Laval on September 22, 2010, at age 79.

References

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